Anti-Korean sentiment

Manga Kenkanryu (often referred to as Hating the Korean Wave) by Sharin Yamano discusses these issues while making many other arguments and claims against Korea.

Zainichi Koreans in Japan are also publicly perceived to be a nuisance[11] and are seen as likely to cause trouble and start riots, a view shared by former Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara.

[14] Earlier, in July 2011, well-known actor Sousuke Takaoka was fired from his agency, Stardust Promotion, for tweeting criticisms against the influx of Korean dramas.

[23][24] In January 2024, Kim Jong Un was officially reported to abandon the goal of reunification,[25] and recognize South Korea as a "primary foe and invariable principal enemy".

The 1866 General Sherman incident, in which Koreans destroyed and killed the crew of a US ship that was illegally navigating its rivers, drew widespread condemnation in American newspapers.

It is nominally tributary to China, and is inhabited by a semi-barbarous people, extremely jealous of foreigners, with whom they hold but a very limited intercourse.Koreans were widely portrayed as vicious, xenophobic, and savage "orientals" that rejected the ideals of the civilized West.

W. C. Kitchin wrote in his 1884 book Christianity in Corea:[32] The story is told by those who have seen it that it takes three able-bodied Coreans to run a common spade.

The people are extremely indolent and as a consequence miserably poor.Many publications commented negatively on the poor social status of Korean women.

One newspaper headline read "Corean [sic] Women: Noble Ladies and Degraded Slave Girls of the Hermit Kingdom: They are More Secluded than Turks and Have Few Rights Respected by Man".

[33] In 1894, an article in the New York Herald declared: [Japan] has the right to occupy Corea in the interest of the commerce and civilization of the Western world.

[35] Du Bois wrote:[36][37] Japan is regarded by all colored peoples as their logical leader, as the one non-white nation which has escaped forever the dominance and exploitation of the white world... Has she seized Korea, Formosa and Manchuria?

[...] She has simply done what England has done in Hong Kong and France in Annam, and what Russia, Germany and perhaps even the United States intended to do in China... And yet in all her action there has been this vast difference: her program cannot be one based on race hate for the conquered, since racially these latter are one with the Japanese and are recognized as blood relatives.

[38] A. Phillip Randolph and Chandler Owen wrote in 1919 that:[39][40] The smug and oily Japanese diplomats are no different from Woodrow Wilson, Lloyd George or Orlando.

These economic sanctions are very unlikely to be lifted by the United States due to North Korea's noncompliance with the six-party talk agreements.

[citation needed] From 1988 until 2008, and since November 2017, North Korea has been designated a state sponsor of terrorism for supporting Hamas and Hezbollah against Israel,[41] their role in the murder of Kim Jong-nam, supporting dictator Bashar al-Assad in the Syrian Civil War, close relationships with Iran, and the suspicious death of Otto Warmbier.

Many of its politicians and press promoted messages that Koreans were uncivilized, incapable of self-governance, and ungrateful for Japan's benevolent and civilizing rule.

[48] For example, an August 30, 1910 article in the British newspaper The Times wrote:[49] There was no possibility of conceding complete autonomy to the Koreans; for they had shown themselves quite unfitted to administer the affairs of their country without external aid.

[51] The resettlement plans were revived with new vigor in August 1937, ostensibly with the purpose of suppressing "the penetration of the Japanese espionage into the Far Eastern Krai".

[59] On 23 August 1992, South Korea's "Nordpolitik" (Northern diplomacy) have made it to establish a diplomatic ties with the People's Republic of China after Soviet Union.

)[62] In June 2012, CEO of Foxconn Terry Gou stated that he had "great esteem for Japanese (businessmen), especially those who are able to disagree with you in person and not stab you in the back, unlike the Gaoli bangzi (a racial slur for Koreans)", sparking controversy.

However in 2020, reported Vietnamese survivors of these war crimes, including citizen Nguyen Thi Thanh,[65] filed lawsuits against South Korea.

[68] Historically, Korean soldiers were compelled to serve on the side of the Empire of Japan during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines in World War II.

"[77][78] Estrada clarified that he was only frustrated "that while we are only too eager and willing to celebrate South Korea's entertainment industry, we have sadly allowed our own to deteriorate because of the lack of support from the movie going public.

"[79][80] In September 2020, Filipino-American TikTok star Bella Poarch posted a video of herself dancing, in which Japan's rising sun flag could be seen tattooed on her arm.

Despite the apology, many Korean users continued with hostile comments, attacking Filipinos referring to them as poor, slaves, ugly, and uneducated, as well as making racist remarks.

Along with #CancelKorea, the hashtags #ApologizeToFilipinos including #CancelRacism and #한국취소 (meaning Cancel Korea, or in Hanja: #韓國取消) also trended with Twitter, with Filipino users airing out their anger at the mockery and insults.

[citation needed] In June 2024, it has been widely discussed on social media about racism committed by some South Koreans in a website called Indosarang.

[97] In early 2020, a leading Italian music school banned all East Asian students from attending classes due to coronavirus fear, with South Koreans the largest nationality being affected.

[112] In 2017, the Brazilian television host Raul Gil was accused of racism and xenophobia while making derogatory jokes to Asians and a "slit eye" gesture during a live interview with the K-Pop group K.A.R.D.

[113][114][115] In 2019, a Brazilian couple published several videos on social media making fun of Korean food and language during a trip to South Korea.